Gordon-Levitt: There's a motif throughout the show of going into Travis' mind and seeing how his reality clashes with objective reality. Q: There's a whole fantasy sequence in which Kalanick imagines a very different reality from the one that is ultimately crashing down around him. That's what it takes," we should be asking ourselves, "Why does it take that?" Because he's not wrong. So when Travis says something like, "Yeah, I'm a (jerk). Why are we rewarding people and companies who step on others, abuse people or sell bad things in the 21st century? It's happening on a grand scale. It's about how our larger business world works. To me, "Super Pumped" is more than a story about Travis or Uber. They can't just sit there and wag their fingers at this character. Maybe they need to think about the world we're living in. It's a flat-out monologue to explain himself and also not let the audience off the hook. Gordon-Levitt: Breaking that fourth wall with the audience is not something I get to do often. Was that speech done for reasons more than showing he's unrepentant to the end? Q: Your Kalanick gives a long speech to the TV audience in the finale, insisting he had to be a jerk to make an Uber-type impact. He was sort of challenging us not to laugh about the ridiculous thing he said he ate with such earnest conviction. . In every take, Dave said something more bizarre about what he ate. So I walk away and he starts to carry on with Gabi (Bridget Gao-Hollitt) about his culinary tour of China. Gordon-Levitt: Dave is one of the funniest people I know. Q: Sergey is more interested in Kalanick's girlfriend, Gabi, than Kalanick is himself. Why Hollywood is 'Super Pumped'? TV can't get enough of the big-business flameouts of WeWork, Theranos and Uber Gordon-Levitt discusses the "Super Pumped" pyrotechnics and his hilarious "10 Things I Hate About You" reunion with USA TODAY. But with these fireworks in the finale, the whole sky lights up." "The show's dialogue has already been like fireworks. "We're combining (Kalanick's) intensity, intelligence and gift for the gab into his full-on crisis," says Gordon-Levitt, who is also 41. The boardroom coup blazes in the show's final chapter. Kalanick resigned as CEO in 2017 at age 41 under pressure from investors, including venture capitalist and one-time mentor Bill Gurley (Kyle Chandler). But Uber's shady corporate dealings, along with Kalanick's leadership in a toxic work environment, sucked the magic out of the unicorn. Gordon-Levitt plays brash Uber founder Kalanick in the seven-episode limited series, as the company transforms from a scrappy start-up to a culture-changing ride-share service valued at $70 billion. Travis Kalanick ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt) isn't going down without a tech-titan fight in the finale of "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" (Showtime, Sunday, 10 EDT/PDT).
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